A pair of cases heard by the Fourth Circuit Thursday pit oil and natural gas producers and the companies that move their goods against environmentalists who want to hold them accountable for spills that dumped hundreds of gallons of petroleum into regional waters.
The first case on the docket was

The designation allows the U.S. to hold the suspect indefinitely, without trial or access to lawyer, and eventually charge them in U.S. military courts. It can lead to other controversial practices, like “enhanced interrogation” or torture, as was seen at Gitmo.

President Donald Trump’s assertion last week that he wanted to send the New York City terror suspect to Guantanamo Bay to be held as an enemy combatant has civil liberties groups worried about the administration’s continued faith in the controversial detainment practice.
When asked Oct. 30 about the deaths of eight pedestrians